11: Chapter 11 The Harvest of Three Days

The afternoon sunlight streamed through the giant floor-to-ceiling windows of Cloud Peak Manor, spilling onto the floor.

Su Wu had just put down his bowl and chopsticks and was leaning comfortably against a leather sofa, picking his teeth.

Su Yu, on the other hand, was diligently clearing the table. Ever since they moved into this large villa in Area A, the boy didn't seem to have fully adapted to this wealthy life of "having everything handed to him." He always looked for work to do, as if only that could make him feel at ease.

"Ding-dong—"

The crisp and pleasant sound of the doorbell broke the afternoon's tranquility.

Su Wu raised an eyebrow, a look of understanding flashing in his eyes.

It seemed that old fox Pan Hong's efficiency was quite high.

"I'll get the door." Su Wu stood up, walked to the three-meter-high carved main door, and pressed the open button.

Standing outside were two men dressed in specially made black suits.

They weren't ordinary couriers, but the most elite personal guards from the City Lord's Mansion. Each of them radiated the Aura of a Innate Realm Martial Artist.

But at this moment, these two experts—who were powerful enough to walk tall anywhere else—breathed cautiously in front of Su Wu.

"Su... Senior Su." One of the men in black held an ancient-looking red sandalwood box with both hands, his voice trembling slightly. "This was sent by the City Lord's orders as an expedited delivery. The City Lord said this is the first batch of reparations. If you are not satisfied, he will go back to the warehouse to search for more."

Su Wu gave the box a faint glance.

With just that one glance, the two men in black felt their hair stand on end, as if they were being stared down by a prehistoric behemoth.

"Fine, leave the things. Tell Pan Hong for me that this matter is settled."

Su Wu casually took the box, as if he were receiving a takeout delivery.

"Yes! Thank you, Senior! Thank you, Senior!" The two felt as if they had been granted a great pardon. They bowed deeply to Su Wu and then fled from Cloud Peak Manor as if for their lives.

Su Wu closed the door, returned to the living room, and placed the box on the marble coffee table.

"Dad, who was it?" Su Yu walked over while wiping his hands, looking curiously at the exquisite wooden box.

"A delivery man."

Su Wu made up a casual excuse, then flicked his finger, jarring open the combination lock on the box.

Click.

The box opened, and a rich medicinal fragrance instantly filled the entire living room.

Inside the box, laid upon a thick layer of gold velvet, were three thumb-sized test tubes.

A forest-green liquid rippled within the tubes, looking like flowing jade. Occasionally, a few small bubbles would surface, as if the liquid contained a surging life force.

Beside the test tubes lay a thread-bound ancient book. On the cover were three bold and powerful characters—"Void-Breaking Blade."

"B-grade Qi and Blood Potion—'Jade Sea Dragon Saliva'."

Su Wu recognized the origin of these items with a single glance; he had only seen them when he was young.

Pan Hong had truly spared no expense this time. Each of these three potions could fetch over five million federal credits on the black market, and even then, they were rarely available.

"This is for you." Su Wu pushed the box in front of his son.

"For me?" Su Yu was stunned and instinctively waved his hands. "Dad, this is too valuable! Besides, you're a Martial King now. Wouldn't it be better if you used these things yourself?"

"Silly boy."

Su Wu laughed in spite of himself. He picked up a potion and shook it under the light. "At the Martial King Realm, drinking this B-grade potion is no different from drinking sugar water. It won't increase my cultivation one bit. But for you, this is a miraculous medicine that can transform your very Physique."

As he spoke, he thrust the box into Su Yu's arms, his gaze filled with unquestionable encouragement:

"You are currently at the Early Stage of the Qi and Blood Realm. Although your foundation is solid, you've only just had a Breakthrough. These three potions are enough for you to stabilize your Realm and even push for the Middle Stage. As for this 'Void-Breaking Blade'..."

Su Wu pointed at the ancient book. "It's over a hundred times better than that common 'Wild Bull Fist' I taught you before. Wild Bull Fist trains strength, but this Void-Breaking Blade trains Killing Intent. In this world, how can you protect yourself without a blade in your hand?"

Su Yu held the heavy box. Feeling the medicinal fragrance wafting toward him, his eyes grew a bit warm.

He wasn't a fool; he knew the value of these things.

This wasn't just resources; it was a path to the heavens paved for him by his father.

"Dad, I..."

"Alright, don't be so sentimental." Su Wu waved his hand, interrupting his son's emotional moment. "I've only requested three days of leave for you. For these three days, stay in the gravity room and digest all of this for me."

"Yes! I understand!"

Su Yu took a deep breath, clutched the box, and turned to walk toward the gravity training room on the basement level.

...

The next three days were both Hell and paradise for Su Yu.

The doors to the gravity training room remained tightly shut.

Day one.

Su Yu sat cross-legged on the special alloy floor and downed the first bottle of "Jade Sea Dragon Saliva."

For an ordinary Martial Artist, even one at the Late Stage of the Qi and Blood Realm, taking such a potent potion would require diluting it with water and consuming it in three separate doses.

But Su Yu remembered the "special Physique" his father had mentioned. Steeling his heart, he gulped down the entire bottle.

Boom!

The medicinal liquid entered his throat and instantly turned into rolling lava, rushing into his limbs and bones.

Intense pain!

It felt as if every blood vessel in his body was about to burst.

But just as Su Yu was gritting his teeth and on the verge of fainting, the mysterious "black hole" in his Dantian woke up again.

It was the instinctive greed of the Chaos Body.

Buzz!

A small cyclone actually formed around Su Yu's body. The violent medicinal Qi that had been rampaging inside him seemed to have met its natural enemy; it instantly became incredibly docile and was swallowed up by that black hole like a whale gulping down water!

In just half an hour.

The medicinal power that would take an ordinary person a week to absorb was completely digested by Su Yu!

"Is... is this what a special Physique is like?" Su Yu felt the Qi and Blood within him grow significantly stronger, his face full of shock.

He didn't stop. A look of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes as he picked up the second potion...

Day two.

Su Yu had completely adapted to this surging power.

Bare-chested and holding an alloy combat blade for training, he swung it frantically under two times gravity.

The "Void-Breaking Blade" emphasized "speed" and "ruthlessness"—a single strike to tear through the air, indestructible.

At first, his movements were still clumsy, and he even nearly cut himself several times. But he was tireless—once, twice, a thousand times...

Sweat fell like rain, only to be instantly evaporated by the high heat radiating from his body.

Dusk on the third day.

Inside the underground training room.

Su Yu's eyes were bloodshot, but the Aura on his body had condensed to the extreme. All three B-grade potions had been completely consumed.

The Qi and Blood inside him were now surging and roaring like a great river. The sound even leaked out of his body, like rolling thunder.

"Break... for me!!"

Su Yu shouted, and the combat blade in his hand slashed out violently.

This strike didn't use any fancy techniques; it was pure speed, pure power!

Chiii!

The air sounded as if a piece of cloth had been torn, letting out a sharp screech.

A visible pale white airwave slashed out along the blade's edge, leaving a half-inch deep white mark directly on the alloy wall!

At the same time, a certain bottleneck within his body burst open!

...

Meanwhile, in the first-floor living room.

Su Wu was sitting with his legs crossed, watching the news on the holographic TV. He held a cup of freshly brewed premium Da Hong Pao tea, looking quite relaxed.

Suddenly.

[Ding!]

[Detected that descendant Su Yu has cultivated diligently, completely absorbed three B-grade potions, and successfully promoted to the Middle Stage of the Qi and Blood Realm!]

[fathers glory system judgment: Descendant's Realm has increased. Host receives amplified feedback!]

[Synchronizing Host's Realm...]

Boom!

The teacup in Su Wu's hand shook slightly, but not a single drop of tea spilled.

Yet the power within him took another leap at that very moment.

Martial King Realm Middle Stage!

[Ding! Detected that descendant Su Yu has practiced the "Void-Breaking Blade" through a thousand swings and achieved Minor Achievement...]

[Triggering Critical Feedback! Host's "Void-Breaking Blade" automatically evolves to—Perfection!]

[Congratulations, Host! You have comprehended—Void-Breaking Saber Intent!]

Buzz!

In an instant, an extremely sharp edge flashed across Su Wu's body and vanished.

The leather sofa in the living room, despite not being touched by any external force, suddenly developed countless fine cracks, as if it had been sliced by invisible Saber Qi.

Su Wu slowly closed his eyes, and countless insights regarding blade techniques flooded into his mind like a tide.

The "Void-Breaking Blade," which was originally just an ordinary Secret Manual to him, now felt as if he had immersed himself in it for a hundred years. He didn't even need to hold a blade; with just a thought, anywhere his gaze landed, the air itself could become a blade!

"Whew..."

"This feeling... is quite good."

Su Wu put down his teacup. Feeling the power surging like an ocean inside him, a comfortable smile of "getting something for nothing" curled at the corners of his mouth.

"The son is sweating like rain downstairs, while the old man is drinking tea and leveling up upstairs."

"Is this the joy of raising a son? It seems I'll have to find more Advanced items for Little Yu in the future."

Just then, the basement door opened.

Covered in stinky sweat but full of energy, Su Yu rushed up and shouted excitedly:

"Dad! I broke through! Middle Stage of the Qi and Blood Realm! And I've even mastered the basics of the 'Void-Breaking Blade'!"

Su Wu restrained his sharp Saber Intent and returned to his kind old father persona, turning his head with a smile:

"Oh? Not bad, not bad."